Optical Mark Recognition

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Question: How is optical mark recognition incorporated into document automation software? Answer: Document automation tools combine many different features, including optical character recognition and optical mark recognition. Optical mark recognition makes it easy to process forms with multiple-choice components, while …

Convert PDF to Searchable PDF

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Question: How can I convert a regular scanned PDF file into a file that is text-searchable? Answer: The process that you describe requires OCR software, a very useful tool for anyone who works with scanned text. OCR, or optical character …

TIFF OCR Software

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Question: Can I OCR TIFF files to make them text-searchable? Answer: You can, but I would recommend adding an additional step by converting them into PDF first. If you are making a file text-searchable, clearly you want to have it …

Document Image Processing

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Question: How does document automation software turn image processing into text processing? Answer: Document automation software is powered by an OCR engine, which recognizes text characters in order to make documents machine-readable. Document automation tools use advanced image processing technology, …

ICR Software for Forms

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Question: Could you recommend a forms-processing tool that contains accurate, reliable ICR capabilities? Answer: Many people worry that ICR, or intelligent character recognition for handwritten text, has not yet reached a reliable level of accuracy that would allow automated tools …

Best OCR Engine

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Question: What is the best OCR engine that I can find online? I have tried several programs, but they have all produced lots of recognition errors, and I need reliable results. Answer: For consistent, reliable accuracy, your best option is …

Batch Convert PDFs to OCR

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Question: What OCR program should I use to convert scanned PDFs into searchable documents? Answer: You will find many programs advertising their capability to perform this task, but it is important to choose one that is accurate and sufficiently fast. …

Batch File Conversion

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Question: Which batch file conversion program is the most efficient time-saving tool? Answer: After trying different conversion tools, most users settle on CVISION’s PdfCompressor. Not only does CVISION beat its competitors in processing speed, due to its powerful batch processing, …